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15th of Feb, 2012 by Admin

Prioritizing tech projects: Short list of long demands

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Computerworld First Look: February 15, 2012 =============================================================== Prioritizing tech projects: How managers make a short list of long demands Snowed under with requests for mobile, social and analytics apps, IT finds itself juggling priorities to give the business what it wants -- now. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552055/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Argent~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What’s the biggest bottleneck in VMware? Do more CPUs improve VMware? Using VMware NIC Teaming? Does TCP/IP affect VMware? (You’ll be surprised) Get this essential FREE white paper now 11 pages of technical details, not sales fluff http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/551210/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Researchers crack online encryption system http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552056/0/ 2. Apple's iPad 3 could face customs ban in China http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552057/0/ 3. Wireless voting still has a long way to go http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552058/0/ 4. HP to make ARM servers available for testing in Q2 http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552059/0/ 5. Yahoo faces board challenge from activist shareholder http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552060/0/ 6. From CIO.com: Apple Innovation: 10 Future Tech Ideas http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552061/0/ 7. FCC seeks to kill LightSquared's LTE network plan http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552062/0/ 8. HP, Intel rethink processor upgrades in servers http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552063/0/ 9. HP gives Vertica a fresh face http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552064/0/ 10. Senate bill may require 'critical' networks to adopt cyber standards http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552065/0/ 11. IT Blogwatch: RSA crypto: 'flawed', 'risky', 'quagmire of vulnerabilities' http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552066/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why Run Windows Server Apps on AWS? Top 5 Reasons: 1. No New Hardware, 2. Get Started in Minutes, 3. Use Your .NET Skills in the AWS Cloud, 4. On-Demand Test Environments, and 5. Use your Existing Microsoft Licenses. Learn more with on-demand webinar. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/548195/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Researchers crack online encryption system An online encryption method widely used to protect banking, email, e-commerce and other sensitive Internet transactions is not as secure as assumed, according to a team cryptanalysts. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552056/0/ Apple's iPad 3 could face customs ban in China Apple's much speculated iPad 3 has emerged as the latest target in an ongoing trademark dispute in China, after a little-known Chinese firm said on Wednesday it has filed for a customs ban with local authorities to stop the import and export of the tablet. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552057/0/ Wireless voting still has a long way to go With the widespread adoption of smartphones and the use of mobile tactics in U.S. presidential campaigns, could there come a day when Americans might vote wirelessly? http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552058/0/ HP to make ARM servers available for testing in Q2 Hewlett-Packard will open a lab in the second quarter where select customers will be able to play around with its first low-power server based on an ARM processor, a company executive said this week. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552059/0/ Yahoo faces board challenge from activist shareholder Activist Yahoo shareholder Daniel Loeb has rejected the slate of board candidates put forth by the company's newly minted CEO, serving notice of his intention to lobby for his own candidates instead. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552060/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: IBM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CRM Thought Leadership Booklet With instant access to information, customers expect a purchase experience that matches the ease and speed of the information-gathering experience. Read this white paper, created in collaboration with Frost & Sullivan, to see how a customer relationship management (CRM) solution can help you respond on the customers’ terms. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552067/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From CIO.com: Apple Innovation: 10 Future Tech Ideas How will Apple fare in the post-Steve Jobs era? Everyone is wondering whether or not Apple can deliver amazing technology in the future. From the wacky to the reasonable, here's a list of innovation ideas. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552061/0/ FCC seeks to kill LightSquared's LTE network plan The U.S. Federal Communications Commission wants to drop the conditional waiver that could have allowed LightSquared to operate an LTE network in frequencies near the GPS band, potentially killing the carrier's plan to offer a hybrid satellite and cellular mobile data network. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552062/0/ HP, Intel rethink processor upgrades in servers Hewlett-Packard and Intel are rethinking processor upgrades in servers, coming up with a new chip-slotting technique that could reduce the chance of errors, and ultimately prevent system failure. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552063/0/ HP gives Vertica a fresh face Hewlett-Packard's Vertica subsidiary has updated its real-time analytics software, giving it a graphical user interface and connectivity to big-data-styled analysis systems. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552064/0/ Senate bill may require 'critical' networks to adopt cyber standards A bill in the U.S. Senate would require operators of so-called critical infrastructure networks to adopt cybersecurity practices if evaluations by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security find their security lacking. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552065/0/ IT Blogwatch: RSA crypto: 'flawed', 'risky', 'quagmire of vulnerabilities' A group of six academic researchers have concluded that real-world RSA encryption keys are riskier than Diffie-Hellman-based ones. It seems that some of the random numbers used to generate them weren't, errm, random. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if the sky is falling. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/552066/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IDC and Computerworld's 8th Annual BI & Analytics Survey What's the status of BI and analytics in your organization? IDC and Computerworld are conducting a survey to assess the adoption and deployment patterns of business intelligence and analytics solutions. All participants will be able to download 1 free IDC report on business analytics and will also have the opportunity to enter a sweepstakes to win one of two VISA Gift cards worth $250 each. Click here to take the 15 minute survey: http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857446/869152226/548723/0/ CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL 'Windows on ARM, ' or WOA for short, is the new edition of the still-under-construction Windows 8 for traditional PCs. 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